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Friday, April 17, 2009
Dickon
Upon Mary's first encounter with Dickon, Burnett describes the boy in this way: "His speech was so quick and easy. It sounded as if he liked her and was not the least afraid she would not like him, though he was a common moor boy, in patched clothes and with a funny face and a rough, rusty-red head. As she came closer to him she noticed that there was a clean fresh scent of heather and grass and leaves about him, almost as if he were made of them." What is significant about this passage? Are there any particular motifs that seem to be connected specifically to Dickon?
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I'm not sure what the significance of it is, other than taking it at face value, but I love Dickon! What a neat little guy. He's like mother nature's son.
I think Mary liked Dickon because he was almost a garden of his own. He was so in tume with nature. He just seemed to make everyone around him comfortable and at ease.
I think that he even smelled of nature because he spent so much time in it.
I love little Dickon. He is what I wanted to be as a child.
Dickon was awesome! He was so in tune with nature and everyone around him...and chose to be in tune with all that was going on around him in such a peaceful, calm manner. He not only understood the animals and flowers around him...all forms of life...but also could "feel" what Mary, Colin, and others were in need of and chose to nurture them as well as nature around him.
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